Everything Everywhere All at Once
"The universe is so much bigger than you realize."
A middle aged Chinese immigrant finds herself pulled into a wild, high stakes chase across multiple dimensions. As she fights to protect what matters most to her family, she discovers that the key may lie in the alternate paths her life could have taken. The extraordinary ordeal blends action and... Read more
Watch NowNot Currently Available On (8 platforms)
Streaming availability last verified: January 23, 2026
About Everything Everywhere All at Once
A middle aged Chinese immigrant finds herself pulled into a wild, high stakes chase across multiple dimensions. As she fights to protect what matters most to her family, she discovers that the key may lie in the alternate paths her life could have taken. The extraordinary ordeal blends action and humor with heart as she learns to harness strange powers and unexpected connections. What starts as a simple moment of reckoning spirals into a dizzying test of belonging, memory, and choice, with danger lurking at every turn yet comedy softening the blows. The film keeps a brisk pace as it shifts between realities, always circling back to Evelyn's love for her family and the quirky humor that lightens tense scenes.
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once is an original science fiction action adventure that fuses family drama with wild multiverse ideas. It premiered in 2022 and helped elevate its creators to major studio success.
At the Oscars the film earned multiple nominations and won several prizes, including Best Picture for its genre bending vision. It also earned acting and technical honors and helped spark discussion about memories, identity, and family across different cultures. It also became a talking point for creative independence in cinema.
It sparked a flood of memes and dialogue around the idea of infinite lives, with images like hot dog fingers and the pinky universe becoming instantly iconic. It pushed genre mixing into the mainstream and made audiences reimagine what a personal story can be and sparked new conversations about empathy.
Critics praised its audacious energy and emotional core, noting how it blends explosive action with intimate family drama. The film explores immigration, generational clash, and the search for meaning across choices and parallel lives without losing sight of love and responsibility. It invites reflection on choices and responsibility for families.
What Viewers Are Saying
Viewers widely praise "Everything Everywhere All at Once" for its originality, strong performances—especially Michelle Yeoh's—and inventive take on the multiverse concept, noting its emotional depth and creative visuals. Many appreciate the film's energetic pacing, editing, and imaginative storytelling, though some feel the sci-fi elements serve more as a backdrop to a family-focused plot rather than driving a grander multiverse scale. While most find it a unique and engaging experience, a few viewers criticize it for being overly self-referential or not meeting their expectations, with some unable to connect to its style.
Details
- Release Date
- March 24, 2022
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Rating
- R
- User Ratings
- 7,586 votes
- Type
- Movie
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Country
- United States
- Studio
- IAC Films +3 more
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box Office
- $139,200,000
- External Links
- View on IMDB
Official Trailer
Cast
Michelle Yeoh
Evelyn Wang
Stephanie Hsu
Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki
Ke Huy Quan
Waymond Wang
James Hong
Gong Gong
Jamie Lee Curtis
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Tallie Medel
Becky Sregor
Jenny Slate
Big Nose
Harry Shum Jr.
Chad
Biff Wiff
Rick
Sunita Mani
TV Musical - Queen
Written by: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert